''Mirrat-ul-Arifeen International'' is a monthly Urdu research

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

that has been continuously publishing since April 2000 from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The magazine publishes articles on global issues, current affairs, teachings of Islam,

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

Sunnah In Islam, , also spelled ( ar, سنة), are the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. The sunnah is what all the Muslims of Muhammad's time evidently saw and followed and passed ...

, Ideology of Pakistan, Social issues,

Kashmir issue The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, with China playing a third-party role. The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed ...

Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...

, teachings of

Abdul Qadir Gilani ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī, ( ar, عبدالقادر الجيلاني, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī; fa, ) known by admirers as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī al-Baḡdādī al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusayn ...

and

Sultan Bahoo Sultan Bahu ( pa, , ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਬਾਹੂ ; also spelled Bahoo; 17 January 1630 – 1 March 1691), was a 17th-century Punjabi Sufi mystic, poet, scholar and historian. He was active in the Punjab region (present-day Pakistan) dur ...

, Iqbaliat, problems of the Islamic world and their solutions, challenges facing by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and other intellectual and scientific topics. Special issues are also published.

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The name of monthly Mirrat-ul-Arifeen International is inspired by a famous book of the grandson of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

Imam Hussain "Mirrat-ul-Arifeen". "Mirrat" means "Mirror" and Arif (singular of Arifeen) "is one who knows and recognizes Allah Almighty". The purpose of naming "Mirrat-ul-Arifeen" is to publish this magazine in relation to Sultan-ul-Arifeen, Sultan Bahoo and to present the teachings of other mystics (Sufis) in this mirror (monthly magazine). Mirrat-ul-Arifeen was launched from Shrine of Sultan Bahoo at the platform of "Islahi Jamaat and Aalmi Tanzeem-ul-Arifeen". It was formally established in April 2000 under the supervision and guidance of its founder Sultan Muhammad Asghar Ali.

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